Plow.



W. L. PAUL.

PLOW.

APPLIUATION FILED APB.. 2, 1910.

PanentedAug. 27, 1912.

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W. L. PAUL.

k PLOW.-

APPLIOA-TION FILED APR. 2, .1910.

. 'Patentd Aug. 27, 1912.

South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and considerably more than the front soil enthe lifting wheel has been located under or .'was necessarily set forwardly or ahead of structure showing an embodiment of my in- `such as Awill enable others skilled in the art v consists in certain novel features of construc- WILLIAM L. PAUL, OF SOUTH BEND, IN'DIANA, A.SSIGNOR TO OLIVER CHILLED PLOW WORKS, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

PLOW.

l Application filed April 2, 1

To all whom it may concern i.'

Be it known that I, AWILLIAM L. PAUL, of

State of Indiana, have invented certain/new and usefullinprovements in Plows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description'of the invention,

to whichA it appertains to make and use the samet This invention relates to improvements in plows andl more particularly to that type known to the trade as engine gang plows.

It has been heretofore proposed in the construction of plows of the type to which my invention relates, to'connect the plow beams in pairs (one plow of each pair projectingrearwardly beyond the other) and pivotall'y connect the pairs of plows with a truck or platform frame. With such construction, in raising the connected plows the rear soil engaging member will be elevated gagng member and when the lifting wheel runs over an obstruction or high place on It has also been suggested to pivotally connect` each plow independently of the others with a triick or platform frame, but with such construction,

tothe right of the beam and for this reason the point of the share vand in position to be clear of the coltefr's, etc. Such construction gives .the same difficulty of raising the plow Atoo vhigh in passing o ver high spots as above mentioned.t

The object of my presentin-vention is to obviate the diliiculties and objections here tofore encountered with steam gang plows and tovso construct and mount the lifting means that they may operate to raise the plows a proper distance and also so that traction may be utilized in assisting the raising of the plows.

With this object in view the invention tion and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth and pointed-out in the claims.

In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s 'a side elevation ofA a portion. of a plow vention,and Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe saine.I

Specification of 'Letters Patent.

Patented Anr. 27, 1912. 91o. serialV No. 553,036. l

l represents a wheeled truck or platformframe adapted for connection of its forward end with a traction engine not shown. 4The rear portion of the truck or platform-frame 1 is made in stepped formation for the attachment of a series of plow beams 2 which project successively different distances as is usual with gang plows of this type. Each beam 2 is provided at its forward end wit-h a laterally projecting arm 3 and this arm and the Vforward end of the beam are pivotally connected in the same 'horizontal plane with a bracket 4 secured to member 9 of a Z-shaped axle 10. The depending member l1 of this axle is located Aat the side of the standard 5 adjacent to the landside of the engaging member and the lower horizontal member 12 ofsaid axle is disposed rearwardly 'of the ,forward en d or point of said soil engaging member. A wheel 13 is mounted on the lower horizontal member 12 of the axle and is adapted to run on the ground-making contact with thel latter in rear of the rengagement of the forwardl end or point of the soil engaging meniber. i

A socketed arm 14 is-rigidly secured to the y Z-sh'aped axle l0 and nreceives the lower end of an operating` lever 15. This lever is provided with a spring pressed detent 16 to engagea toothed segment 17 secured to the plow beam and said'detent is adapted to be operated by a lingerlever- 1S :pivoted to the `operating lever l5 and connected by means of a rod 19 with said detent.

"ith the construction and arrangement of parts above described, the lifting wheel, being located laterally from the landside portion of the soil engaging member and the beam, can be disposed comparatively close to the rear end of the beam and out of thc way of the soil engaging member. colters, etc., so that when the wheel passes over an obstruction the plow will not be raised to an unnecessary height and the plow will be pre 2 Loy/,046

scribed, the traction of said wheel on the ground when axle l has been moved somewhat, will assist in raising the plow. Such results could not be `attained with the'same degree of efficiency, were the traction wheel and its operating means located under the plow beam appreoiablyvforward of the soil engaging member. t will also be seen that the lifting levers (which are fixed directly to the crank axles) extend forwardly so as to be operable from the truck platform, and that they are down-working when operated to effect the lifting of the plows.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is,k l l l. In a gang plow structure, the combinai tion with a' truck` a plurality of plow beams pivotally connected independently with the truck, and soil-engaging members compristhe mold-boards, land-sides and points, fixed to the rear ends of said beams, an axle mounted on the rear portion of each beam and having a forwardly downwardly projecting part at the land-side side of the soil-engaging member, a lifting wheel. at the free end of each axle, and a forwardly extending down-working lifter lever fixed to each axle, wherebyY each axle can be operated by its lever to move the lifting wheel thereon rearwardly in rear of the point of the soilengaging member to raise the latter.

2. In a gang plow structure, the combination with a truck, a plurality of beams pivot-ally connected independently at their forward ends therewith, and a soil-engaging member at the'rear end of each beam, of a. plurality of Z-shaped axles each having its upper arm mounted on the rear portion of one of the beams and having its intermediate portion projecting downwardly'7 and forwardly at the land-side side of the soil-engaging' member on said beam, a lifting wheel mounted on the forward arm of each axle and adapted to engage the ground laterally of the landside of the soil engaging y member on the beam on which said Z-axle is mounted, and a forwardly extending downvworking lifting lever fixed to each Z-axle for openting the same to move each lifting wheel rearwardly to lift each ploww independently of the others.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN C. Nloxn, JAY E. IVHITE. 

